THE SPIRITUAL MALE

WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL MALE

The spiritual male is a concept. In photography it is the result. Beyond the conceptual beauty of the male image, their is an inter beauty that is not perceived. The inner beauty contain the process, interdependence, space, movement, release, harmony, renewal, beauty, time, impermanence, artistry, discovery, repetition, and wisdom. The photography of TuKaussey is to go beyond the conceptual and reach into that what it not visible, to present an image which has depth and quality of emotion. If we can see this inner quality or spirit, the quality overcomes all that is visual. Capturing this with media, is the ultimate goal of TuKaussey. A image of quality, and spiritual content. Not easy at times, but the process is all a part of it. A photo shoot with TuKaussey is an event. The results are inspirational and keepsake.

One of the ultimate goals in my photography is to capture the spirit of man. This is what the true beauty is, in all of us. It transcends the image we so much admire, which society has dictated as beautiful.

Nude Art

The Nude is a work of art that has as its primary subject the unclothed human body. As the product of a creative process, the nude is a genre of art, in the same sense as landscapes and still life. The subject is not merely copied from nature, but transformed by the artist into an aesthetic object, without significant utilitarian, commercial, or purely decorative purposes. There is also a judgement of taste; the fine art nude being part of High Culture rather than Middle Brow or Low Culture. However, judgements of taste in art are not entirely subjective, but include criteria of skill and Crafmanship in the creation of objects, communication of complex and non-trivial messages, and creativity. Some works accepted as high culture of the past, including many academic, are now seen as imitative or sentimental otherwise known as Kitisch.

Erotic responses to nudity are always present, but are not the primary focus of a work of art. The judgement of whether a particular work is artistic or pornographic is ultimately subjective and has changed through history and from one culture to another. Some individuals judge any nude to be unacceptable, while others may find artistic merit in explicitly sexual images. A feminist critique of the nude is the Male Gaze, which asserts that all nudes are inherently voyeuristic.

The nude is primarily a tradition in Western art, and has been used to express ideals of male and female beauty; athletes, dancers, and warriors are depicted to express human energy and life, and nudes in various poses may express basic or complex emotions such as pathos.

Modern artists have continued to explore these classical themes, but also more abstract representations, and movement away from idealization to depict people more individually. In the contemporary, or Post-modern era, the nude is often seen as passé, with a few notable exceptions. Few contemporary artists seek to create images of beauty, often quite the opposite._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?